OTHER RECENT UNION NEWS

Teamsters Local 727 and Vitalant (formerly Lifesource) opened negotiations yesterday for a new successor collective bargaining agreement covering distribution drivers and Mobile Unit Assistants. Local 727 kicked-off yesterday’s negotiations by proposing the inclusion of Vitalant members in the Teamsters Local 727 health care plan, a 100% employer-funded health insurance program with no premium costs for participants […]

On Friday, April 26, Teamsters Local 727 filed a petition for a representation election with the National Labor Relations Board after an overwhelming majority of MV Transportation, Inc. 283 VA Division paratransit drivers expressed interest in being represented by Local 727. The group of approximately 40 drivers will be the second MV unit this spring […]

Registration is now open for Teamsters Local 727’s spring continuing education seminar for funeral directors and embalmers, which will be held from 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29 in the Union’s meeting hall in Park Ridge. The biannual seminar is free for Local 727 members in good standing. For licensees who are […]

On Saturday, April 27, after 7 weeks on the strike line, union musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra successfully ratified a new collective bargaining agreement. According to a recent Chicago Tribune article shared by CSO musicians, these Chicago Federation of Musicians members’ new 5-year contract settles the two primary issues—wages and pension changes—over which the […]

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TEAMSTER LICENSE PLATES

Illinois drivers can purchase Teamster specialty license plates for registered vehicles. Plates can be purchased for all passenger vehicles, B-trucks and vans weighing 8,000 pounds or less. Teamster license plates can be purchased or renewed through the Secretary of State’s website, by mail, by phone at (800) 252-8980 or by visiting a driver services facility.

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

Weingarten Rights: What are they? The U.S. Supreme Court’s 1975 decision in the Weingarten case held that if the employer requires an employee to submit to an investigatory meeting and denies the employee’s request for union representation, then the employer is in violation of the National Labor Relations Act.